Listers, The sae outlines exactly how the engine needs to be tested, don't have it in front of me, but i believe it is standard J149a or something. JT 1999 Rio Red Coupe Art Charette wrote: > Ladies and gents > Now that someone has put some numbers on the '99 Cobra shortage of power, I > want to point something no one else has yet. > > The SHAPE of the measured curves are totally different from the curves Ford > publishes in the brochure entitled "1999 Ford SVT Mustang Cobra". This motor > is not just down on power across the board. It's nowhere near as powerful as > Ford suggests. The word I'd pick is anemic. > > On the other hand, the brochure does not suggest they actually had that > motor installed in a car. For all we know it could have been on an engine > dyno in a refrigerator with open intake and exhaust. Yet the IMPLICATION, > with the shiny red car just below the chart, is that it's in a car. Good, > albeit perhaps false, advertising. > > Our Cobra feels like it duplicates the measured curves posted the other day. > It's all done at 6 grand, might as well shift, and Where's the Beef? > > Where was I in that Cobra vs. Stealth power discussion......? > > Art Charette > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > '99 Cobra coupe > > _________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe or change your subscription options visit: > > http://www.scoa.org/maillist.htm > > Please observe the mailing list rules: > > http://www.scoa.org/listrules.htm > > If you have questions about this list, contact: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe or change your subscription options visit: http://www.scoa.org/maillist.htm Please observe the mailing list rules: http://www.scoa.org/listrules.htm If you have questions about this list, contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
